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+# ansible-compat
+
+[![pypi](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ansible-compat.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-compat/)
+[![docs](https://readthedocs.org/projects/ansible-compat/badge/?version=latest)](https://ansible-compat.readthedocs.io/)
+[![gh](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-compat/actions/workflows/tox.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-compat/actions/workflows/tox.yml)
+[![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/github/ansible/ansible-compat/coverage.svg?branch=main)](https://codecov.io/github/ansible/ansible-compat?branch=main)
+
+A python package contains functions that facilitate working with various
+versions of Ansible 2.12 and newer.
+
+Documentation is available at
+[ansible-compat.readthedocs.io](https://ansible-compat.readthedocs.io/).